Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-17
OTHER LOCAL NEWS
.xEw BUILDING FOR THE STUDENTS
OF RICHMOND COLLEGE.
A Grand Structure, in Which They Nav
PTsotioe Gymnastics and Rat
in Comfort.

\ cool place in these sultry days is
ic grassy, shady, breezy campus
around Richmond College. Four or
five students, unable 20 return TO sontb.
.ru homes or engaged here in vacation
work. loiicr around or roll on the
,varl and iuhalc fresh air laden with
sweet perfume from Professor pm
wear 'Asscliing corn. Occasionally ono
secs near Fmnklin street lano,;5
nuc al iavu-ttnnis, or under the mnl-
nw,s % clerical company, with cas-
ucl, do0,d, indulging in croonct
ILc western portion of the grounds
L.,Nt to Iomharly street. which scna-
.tc, them nom the Allen property
presents different scene. HeTe
some two-scOrc Of the sons of toll
afc welding hammer and Ratchet
uph md shovel, crowbar and saw
Trough dust and heat, from early
lom 800 tired evening A COMPANY
. carpenters arc removing Windows
lu- frames, floors all that is do.
n.llhlc from that venerable. nm
-liy structure long known "a the
Nr-, llal. A brigade of brick.elean-
,rs gre throwing downthe ancient walls
n5T'ylue their little hatchots on tine
taiuam mortar
DINING HALL.
a detachment of dirt -diggers arc ex.
C1aupg the ample foundations Of a
l.v dining hall. The plans for tbe
building have beer drawn by w. r
llchmu. architect, and their execution
Iut mto the hands of J. L. Winefeld.
pln contracts with the building com.
ut'c, for the whole work. The site is
ioui e hundred feet from Lombardy
street, and ON the south side Of
the Vrolougation OF Grace street.
making sort Of counterpart To
ihc splendid old Haxall residence
uov occupied by Professor Harris. The
building Is 10 bo a little over seventy
feet long, divided INTO two unequal and
.i~smilar parts. The southern part
1880 shows only two tiers OF tall
windows. The northern 30}x33l, though
not quite so tall. shows three tiers of
openings Easements, me2zanine, and
upper stones. The two are at once
divided and united by projecting
tower on the eastern front, which
makes the contour complete and gives
t.At unity IN diversity" so essential
go all beauty and especially in archi-
j,cturc.
THE DESIGN.
The purposes TO which this building
viii he devoted require more detailed
-tatcmcnt. The basement furnishes
coal cellars. well-appointed bath
room Ctc Ice supplied with hot and cold
vat,rl, a bowhngalley, and a gymna-
lum Of : feet pitch in one part
it ln the rest. The mezzanine floor,
approached through poiuco on
tLc northern or Gmce.strcCt front, con
tain, the matron's parlor, and across
ilr hallway kitchen ana stOre-room,
the doors of which open on stoop
fronting Lomhardy street. On the
upItr floor are two chambers, with
stairway from matron's hall, n serving
room or buffers pantry connected
with kitchen both 10y private stair and
ty "A dumb-vaitcr), and the dining
room l0X3O and II feet pitch TO con
cave ceiling, finished in native pine
md properly pancllcd. The entrance
to- this last is through the cen
tml tower, fronting towards the main
broad stairway. The roof is to be in
two sections. separately hipped, Gov
cred with slate, and ornamented with
cal1anizcd-iron trimmings and finals.
! he tower rising clear above the comb
Of the roof. Is also TO be finished IN
elaborate palvanized-iron work, and
will present 10 the several points of the
compass four clock-faces. Here is an
excellent opportunity for some public
spirited citizen 10 leave to all time
striking memorial of himself by put
ting IN clock worthy of the surround
incs. Not even the Lee monument,
when it is set up hard by, will attract
attention so often or from SO many
people.
THE NAME.
4 part of the contract with the builder
is that he shall remove every vestige OF
the "mess hall, clean every brick that
Is to be used again, and not carry even
the name of the old into the new struc-
ture. What. then, shall it be called?
I ne professor Of Greek, with his memo
rits Of Spartan life, inclines to say
.NusNHion. ho of the Latin chair leans
naturally towards RJcctorY; the man
If modern languages would group gym
nastics. bathing. and food all under
the comprehensive RcstaMr0Ht. The
Professor Of English IS of at a
summer school Of clocution. When
he returns he viii probably name
the composite building with
compound Of Norman and Saxon so it
Will he either the DWng-HdN or the
Il0t>c of Commons. Meantime the
Young men for whose comfort and con
V,uicncc it is designed will not fail to
feel the civilizing influence OF large,
airy. well-lighted, aud tasteiuily-iin-
i,hed room ior the Vulgar business OF
taking their daily meals, aud ought to
ecome even more marked than then
predecessors of such thing Is posi-
hlc) Tor courtesy and gentlemanly bear
ing. II is hardly possible that the
binding can be finished and fitted up
with all the intended applancesin time
for the opening OF next session, but
Students can find elsewhere temporary
and will cheerfully
submit for few weeks even to a little
Inconvenience for thc sake of getting
nd of a hidcous eyesore on the grounds
and getting instead such Il building as
this promises to be.